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in a few minutes, we will hear from former secretary bob gates and admiral mike mullen on their view of the implications of our current this call outlook. we look forward to that testimony. in our second panel, we will hear from former u.s. senator alan simpson, bowles, former chairman pete deminici, and former budget director. they will present their findings and recommendations of their bipartisan panels which were separate undertakings but came to broadly similar conclusions about the steps that must be taken in response to our fiscal challenges. i am confident that both are panels will address the subject of sequestration. which by law will occur at the beginning of next year. i hope our discussions will not just include this legitimate concern but will also engage in the much broader and long term but the central structural problems and challenges that must be addressed and solved. most analysts believe that all lawmakers will find a way before january 1 to delay the worst effects of sequestration. even if this is a corrected guess, the threat is creating a climate of uncertaint
in a few minutes, we will hear from former secretary bob gates and admiral mike mullen on their view of the implications of our current this call outlook. we look forward to that testimony. in our second panel, we will hear from former u.s. senator alan simpson, bowles, former chairman pete deminici, and former budget director. they will present their findings and recommendations of their bipartisan panels which were separate undertakings but came to broadly similar conclusions about the steps...
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mullen who said that kani network is an arm of the pakistani i.s.i. pakistani military intelligence that we the united states have paid at least twelve billion dollars have given a different forms at least twelve billion dollars to the pakistani military since nine eleven but the pakistani military according to former admiral mike mullen said every everyone else is backing the taliban so we are supplying money to the very people that are providing this money to the taliban to attack u.s. forces why would pakistan back to tell it. what is pakistan's interest in afghanistan no single afghan legislature in the history of afghanistan has accepted the border between afghanistan and pakistan afghanistan was the only nation in the world to vote against pakistan admittance to the united nations in one thousand nine hundred seventy one single thing the border in one thousand nine hundred three the british when they ruled india created what this called the durand line they do not accept the fact that the land that once belonged to them that the british took awa
mullen who said that kani network is an arm of the pakistani i.s.i. pakistani military intelligence that we the united states have paid at least twelve billion dollars have given a different forms at least twelve billion dollars to the pakistani military since nine eleven but the pakistani military according to former admiral mike mullen said every everyone else is backing the taliban so we are supplying money to the very people that are providing this money to the taliban to attack u.s. forces...
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former admiral mike mullen said every everyone else is backing the tell of it so we are supplying money to the very people that are providing this money to the taliban to attack u.s. forces why would pakistan back to tell about what is pakistan's interest in afghanistan no single afghan legislature in the history of afghanistan has accepted the border between afghanistan and pakistan afghanistan was the only nation in the world to vote against pakistan admittance to the united nations in one thousand nine hundred seventy one single thing the borders in eight hundred ninety three the british when they ruled india created with this called the durand line they do not accept the fact that the land that once belonged to them that the british took away should belong to pakistan and this is deep down at the heart of this particular never ending war in the middle of which the united states and its soldiers continue to. war that one started out of the against al-qaeda which has morphed into something far deeper far more complicated there's an old afghan saying it's gonna stand it's very easy to
former admiral mike mullen said every everyone else is backing the tell of it so we are supplying money to the very people that are providing this money to the taliban to attack u.s. forces why would pakistan back to tell about what is pakistan's interest in afghanistan no single afghan legislature in the history of afghanistan has accepted the border between afghanistan and pakistan afghanistan was the only nation in the world to vote against pakistan admittance to the united nations in one...
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cheryl: even mike mullen, even he says mrs. a major national security threat with the situation in the middle east now. do you think that congress can come back come back and maybe rethink the facts we shouldn't be cutting half? >> i think that mike mullen is totally correct. he is a phenomenal person under which we still had him as chairman. but, yes, i think they have to come back and really -- look at the middle east and all the issues we have facing us. not only in the middle east and russia and china and the rest of the world, we have extended our defense sutures out way beyond our resource base. i think that we need to rethink our defense spending and even more so, we really need to rethink getting our economy growing again to provide prosperity the can give us the type of defense that we need. cheryl: let me ask you this. you have bernardi givest quantitative easing. i'm curious what you make of that move. he seems to be more than anyone, so concerned about being that money -- the printing of the money flowing. did you a
cheryl: even mike mullen, even he says mrs. a major national security threat with the situation in the middle east now. do you think that congress can come back come back and maybe rethink the facts we shouldn't be cutting half? >> i think that mike mullen is totally correct. he is a phenomenal person under which we still had him as chairman. but, yes, i think they have to come back and really -- look at the middle east and all the issues we have facing us. not only in the middle east and...
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[applause] we're honored to have admiral mike mullen with us hear today spending 43 years in the u.s. military after graduating previous military academy. many aviano since 2010 he believes national debt as the biggest threat to to national security. he doesn't try to shape in political debate, but giving best advice and counsel to a country he has served over four decades. military and retired needs to stay above the fray in this environment and will do that today but continued -- agreed to join us with his continued love for the nation. the admirable lows they need to address the debt but will undermine everything we need for every the mayor willing to fight and die for. i cannot think of two people who are more qualified secretary gates will be coming in by satellite is that the preference that you go first? we'll introduce bob gates. is he on? >> distinguished panel i greatly appreciate you putting this group together and your leadership on the critical issue. when serving in uniform you always look forward to the last one. this proves there may never be a last one. i appreciate t
[applause] we're honored to have admiral mike mullen with us hear today spending 43 years in the u.s. military after graduating previous military academy. many aviano since 2010 he believes national debt as the biggest threat to to national security. he doesn't try to shape in political debate, but giving best advice and counsel to a country he has served over four decades. military and retired needs to stay above the fray in this environment and will do that today but continued -- agreed to...
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mullen talk about u.s. debt and its impact on national security. the center for strategic and international studies and other debt policy organizations host a constitution. that's at 12:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span2.
mullen talk about u.s. debt and its impact on national security. the center for strategic and international studies and other debt policy organizations host a constitution. that's at 12:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span2.
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mike mullen, thank you so much. bob gates, thank you so much. [applause] >> next, we are going to talk about some of the solutions. before you that we are going to have a little background with some charts, and we're going to ask steve bell who was the director of economic policy project at the bipartisan policy center, and bob bixby, executive director of the concord coalition, to sort of take the podium at this stage. and then we'll go through a set of charts and will have simpson-bowles theoretically coming in on satellite at 2:15, and will have pete domenici and thousand of them who are already here. so that's the plan, and bob, thank you for your leadership. bob and steve have been instrumental in putting these forms together. and both have done a sterling job, and particularly in the last several years and months in working on both of these panels will hear from today that have tackled these issues in very specific ways. .. >> is it unsustainable? so the first chart is, is the debt unsustainable. well, clearly it is. our debt to -- >> [ina
mike mullen, thank you so much. bob gates, thank you so much. [applause] >> next, we are going to talk about some of the solutions. before you that we are going to have a little background with some charts, and we're going to ask steve bell who was the director of economic policy project at the bipartisan policy center, and bob bixby, executive director of the concord coalition, to sort of take the podium at this stage. and then we'll go through a set of charts and will have...
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bob gates, mike mullen, thank you again for your superb service to our country. i've seen you work your domestically. i've been fortunate enough to see worked abroad, and how efficient you are abroad your thank you for your valuable time today. i'd like to continue on the theme of the politics of this, and how do we try to get the politics right in order to solve this problem. bob, you get a very eloquent let me of reasons why congress doesn't work very well. you talked about redistricting and the problems there. you talked about the decline of congressional power. you talk about election. you talked about the media one of the things that you didn't mention or i didn't hear was the amount of money in campaigns today. and often times the effective fundraising is that members of congress are not doing the committee were. and getting rewards for doing good things up there. as mike said, they want to do good things. they intend to do good things, but often times there are forces pulling them away from those responsible positions. i'd like to ask you both as really ma
bob gates, mike mullen, thank you again for your superb service to our country. i've seen you work your domestically. i've been fortunate enough to see worked abroad, and how efficient you are abroad your thank you for your valuable time today. i'd like to continue on the theme of the politics of this, and how do we try to get the politics right in order to solve this problem. bob, you get a very eloquent let me of reasons why congress doesn't work very well. you talked about redistricting and...
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. >> pelley: one rehearsal had an audience-- the nation's highest ranking officer, admiral mike mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs; the head of special operations, admiral eric olson; and observers from the white house. >> owen: one of the things i like after the fact was, i remember admiral mullen coming by and talking to each one of us, and then admiral olsen as well. and i thought that was cool that, you know, they walked by, shook each of our hands and said, "hey, are you guys ready? can you guys pull this off?" and i'm pretty sure, to a man, we all said, "yes, absolutely." >> pelley: the team got several days off at home around easter. then, in late april, about a month after they got the mission, they loaded on a plane bound for a u.s. base in afghanistan. the president wasn't convinced yet. no one confirmed that bin laden was "the pacer," so seal team six was on stand-by. one of the passengers on their plane was a c.i.a. analyst who had spent five years on bin laden's trail. >> owen: i can't give her enough credit. i mean, she... in my opinion, she kind of teed up this whole t
. >> pelley: one rehearsal had an audience-- the nation's highest ranking officer, admiral mike mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs; the head of special operations, admiral eric olson; and observers from the white house. >> owen: one of the things i like after the fact was, i remember admiral mullen coming by and talking to each one of us, and then admiral olsen as well. and i thought that was cool that, you know, they walked by, shook each of our hands and said, "hey, are you...
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people now know that they can get admiral mike mullen to give you a call and not upload a video on the internet. there many individuals who are going to use this to their advantage and we're going to have to figure out how to really balance the freedom of speech with the national security interests of the united states. >> thanks so much. author of "no god but god" and fellow at the usc center. thanks for your time. you can see more stories about faith on our belief blog at cnn.com co/. >>> british royal family members brace for more revealing photos of the duchess of cambridge, but they're not taking it sitting down. they plan to fight back. paperless discount... paid in full discount... [yawning] homeowner's discount... safe driver discount... unicorn discount. unicorn wearing a sombrero. olé... countless discounts -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. wouldn't it be nice if there was an easier, less-expensive option than using a traditional lawyer? well, legalzoom came up with a better way. we took the best of the old and combined it with modern technology. together you
people now know that they can get admiral mike mullen to give you a call and not upload a video on the internet. there many individuals who are going to use this to their advantage and we're going to have to figure out how to really balance the freedom of speech with the national security interests of the united states. >> thanks so much. author of "no god but god" and fellow at the usc center. thanks for your time. you can see more stories about faith on our belief blog at...
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remember what admiral mike mullen said before he retired as chairman of the joint chiefs. >> the haqqani network for one acts as an arm of pakistan's internal services intelligence agency. >> as one senior defense official put it, to me the justice department will do what it has to do. and the defense department will continue doing what it has been doing. last month, it killed one of the top leaders of the ha qana any group the son of the founder of the group and they said they are going to continue with drone strikes into the pakistan targeting the haqqani group. harris? >> harris: jennifer griffin at the pentagon tonight. thank you very much. ♪ ♪ >> harris: tuesday will mark 11 years since the attacks of september 11th. today we got a look at one the new skyscrapers rising where the twin towers once stood. this is four world trade center, 72 floors of office space set to open about a year from now. developers saying the project is right on schedule. they are planning a big celebration for opening day. >> the world trade center is back. this is a place that's full of life, it's full
remember what admiral mike mullen said before he retired as chairman of the joint chiefs. >> the haqqani network for one acts as an arm of pakistan's internal services intelligence agency. >> as one senior defense official put it, to me the justice department will do what it has to do. and the defense department will continue doing what it has been doing. last month, it killed one of the top leaders of the ha qana any group the son of the founder of the group and they said they are...
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at the pentagon, joint chiefs chairman mike mullen said for him, repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" is all about integrity. >> it's fundamentally against everything we stand for as an institution to force people to lie about who they are just to wear a uniform. >> reporter: so has this year changed the lives of those serving our country? "don't ask, don't tell" forced many men in the military to live in the shadows. now lbgt service members can serve openly. coming out, as you might imagine, still a difficult decision for many troops. randy phillips an active duty airman in the air force. on the eve of the appeal he came out to his dad and essentially to the world in an emotional call on youtube that went viral. >> i don't get it. i always have been -- i've known since forever, i wanted to tell you in person, but -- i didn't want you to find out any other wa way. >> okay. >> you still love me? >> i still love you, son. >> randy phillips joins me now live via skype from outside the air base in germany where he is currently serving. good afternoon to you, sir. >> thanks, craig. good afte
at the pentagon, joint chiefs chairman mike mullen said for him, repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" is all about integrity. >> it's fundamentally against everything we stand for as an institution to force people to lie about who they are just to wear a uniform. >> reporter: so has this year changed the lives of those serving our country? "don't ask, don't tell" forced many men in the military to live in the shadows. now lbgt service members can serve openly....
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you've got admiral mike mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, who recently retired, who stated that the greatest national security risk to the united states is our debt. we need to start heeding these warnings. we need to start looking more closely at these financial conditions we face. that means we're going to have to cut back. one of the places we need to cut back, quite frankly, in my view, is foreign aid. we have to get our own financial house in order, recognize our limitations. when we do that, we can start looking at some of these things we're doing wheith so many different places around president world. >> congressman welch, your reaction? >> america has very important strategic interests in the middle east. the question about foreign aid is will it help us achieve our goals? having a stable middle east, having in the arab spring democratic governments emerge is vitally important to american national security interests. aid is one of the tools that is available to us, both military and civilian, that can help us achieve our goals. it's always legitimate to subject it t
you've got admiral mike mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, who recently retired, who stated that the greatest national security risk to the united states is our debt. we need to start heeding these warnings. we need to start looking more closely at these financial conditions we face. that means we're going to have to cut back. one of the places we need to cut back, quite frankly, in my view, is foreign aid. we have to get our own financial house in order, recognize our limitations....
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i wanted to remind you what admiral mike mullens said about six months before he left as chairman of the joint chief of staff. he said the greatest threat to our country is no outside force, it's not china, it's not russia, it is our debt. and at face value it doesn't seem like much. to think, here's the leader of the strongest military force the world has ever known, telling america that the number one threat to the existence is the debt. it that is from pro found for a military leader to say that. the president didn't say that. the head of the joint chief of staff said that. which to me makes it the all the more powerful coming from the source of our defense posture. history has shown time and again that debt can bring down all republicans die if you look at history. name one that hasn't. and so the question is can america cheat history? can we cheat history and not fall? let me give you some reminders what john adams warned. he said democracy never lasts long. it soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself, there was never democracy yet that it not commit south suicide. we're on the
i wanted to remind you what admiral mike mullens said about six months before he left as chairman of the joint chief of staff. he said the greatest threat to our country is no outside force, it's not china, it's not russia, it is our debt. and at face value it doesn't seem like much. to think, here's the leader of the strongest military force the world has ever known, telling america that the number one threat to the existence is the debt. it that is from pro found for a military leader to say...
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that strategy was completed under mike mullen and secretary and a in the fall. that 490 billion is based on looking at strategic things rather than doing that $480 billion is based on looking at strategic things -- $490 billion is based on looking at strategic things. the question for the president and the congress is, what do you want to stop doing? it is not just a math problem. >> thank you, secretary gates. bill, let me turn to you. we have 10 minutes, enough time for everybody to ask a question. i will like to go back to the question of the congress is self. everyone of us has served in the congress. everyone of us can tell you come as members whom we respect their ina, their integrity, their patriotism, their willingness to work across party lines. there are people trying to do that today. this is such an obvious issue. what does a member say to you when you have this conversation with them about these choices, how could they possibly give you a rational excuse for what they have done? [laughter] >> most of the time, what i'd get when i -- what i got when
that strategy was completed under mike mullen and secretary and a in the fall. that 490 billion is based on looking at strategic things rather than doing that $480 billion is based on looking at strategic things -- $490 billion is based on looking at strategic things. the question for the president and the congress is, what do you want to stop doing? it is not just a math problem. >> thank you, secretary gates. bill, let me turn to you. we have 10 minutes, enough time for everybody to ask...
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. >> monday, robert gates and mike mullen discuss the impact of the u.s. debt on national security. other speakers include erskine bowles and alan simpson, both shares of president obama's debt reduction commission. it is live beginning at 12:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] now a conversation with former education secretary bill bennett, now an author and radio talk-show host. he was a guest on today's " washington journal." this is just over 45 minutes. we want to welcome bill bennett, former education secretary. we want to talk to you about education and friday, the forum introducing your former employee, intern, now the vice president nominee of paul ryan. when did you first meet paul ryan? guest: i met him at power america, hired by ben webber, former -- it was vin webber, jack kemp, and we were the partners of partner of america and paul ryan was hired as speech writer and staff assistant to jack kemp and also when i needed help. host: do you think he has helped the tic
. >> monday, robert gates and mike mullen discuss the impact of the u.s. debt on national security. other speakers include erskine bowles and alan simpson, both shares of president obama's debt reduction commission. it is live beginning at 12:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] now a conversation with former education secretary bill bennett, now an author and radio talk-show host. he...
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but i wanted to remind you what admiral mike mullen said about six months before he left us chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. he said the greatest threat to our country is no outside force. it's not china. it's not russia. it is our debt. and at face value that doesn't seem like much, but to think, here is the leader of the strongest military force the world has ever known telling america that the number one threat to its existence is its debt. that is profound for a military leader to say that. the president didn't say that. the head of the joint chiefs of staff said that. which to me makes it all the more powerful coming from the source of our defense posture. history has shown time and again that debt can bring down republicans. matter of fact, i'll be publics die. if you look at history. name one that hasn't. so the question is, is can america cheat history? can we cheat history and not fall? let me give you some reminders what john adams warned. he said democracy never lasts long. it soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. there was never a democracy yet that did not comm
but i wanted to remind you what admiral mike mullen said about six months before he left us chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. he said the greatest threat to our country is no outside force. it's not china. it's not russia. it is our debt. and at face value that doesn't seem like much, but to think, here is the leader of the strongest military force the world has ever known telling america that the number one threat to its existence is its debt. that is profound for a military leader to say...
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we'll be joined by secretary of defense bob casey former chairman of the joint chiefs, admiral mike mullen. secretary gates will join us by satellite from washington state. the second panel next monday will look at bipartisan solutions. we'll be joined by alan simpson, white house chief of staff, erskine bowles, both by satellite as well as pete domenici and omb director alice rivlin hearing person. the third forum will be on thursday, september 7 in new york city and will focus on progrowth tax reform and will announce as participants in a couple of panels next week. the fourth and final four and will turn to washington in monday afternoon, october the first at the topic will be health care and entitlement cost control. of course this is the most important and most difficult challenge, but it has to be faced. that is what we scheduled. i briefly, what do we hope to accomplish? simply put and enabling each understand the nation's fiscal crisis inside and outside of washington paper but the average american, especially young people to better understand what is at stake for them if we don't
we'll be joined by secretary of defense bob casey former chairman of the joint chiefs, admiral mike mullen. secretary gates will join us by satellite from washington state. the second panel next monday will look at bipartisan solutions. we'll be joined by alan simpson, white house chief of staff, erskine bowles, both by satellite as well as pete domenici and omb director alice rivlin hearing person. the third forum will be on thursday, september 7 in new york city and will focus on progrowth...
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mike mullens, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, mr. speaker, when asked what was the biggest security problem confronting america, didn't respond iraq, iran, didn't respond terrorists, didn't respond other enemies around the world. he said the biggest security concern that he had, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, was the fiscal challenge that was not being addressed in america. . mr. speaker, we need to address it, i hope my friend the majority leader, and he and i worked together on a number of things, we worked on a number of things this session we passed in a bipartisan fashion, i would hope that he and i would both commit ourselves to during the lame duck session do our responsibility to america and to our constituents in reaching a bowles-simpson-domenici, gang of six, almost every economist that has spoken to this issue has said you need a balanced plan. and if we simply have sold our soul, mr. speaker, to grover norquist on asking people to help bring this debt and deficit down, mr. speaker, we will not succeed. but if
mike mullens, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, mr. speaker, when asked what was the biggest security problem confronting america, didn't respond iraq, iran, didn't respond terrorists, didn't respond other enemies around the world. he said the biggest security concern that he had, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, was the fiscal challenge that was not being addressed in america. . mr. speaker, we need to address it, i hope my friend the majority leader, and he and i worked...
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mike mullens, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, mr. speaker, when asked what was the biggest security problem confronting america, didn't respond iraq, iran, didn't respond terrorists, didn't respond other enemies around the world. he said the biggest security concern that he had, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, was the fiscal challenge that was not being addressed in america. . mr. speaker, we need to address it, i hope my friend the majority leader, and he and i worked together on a number of things, we worked on a number of things this session we passed in a bipartisan fashion, i would hope that he and i would both commit ourselves to during the lame duck session do our responsibility to america and to our constituents in reaching a bowles-simpson-domenici, gang of six, almost every economist that has spoken to this issue has said you need a balanced plan. and if we simply have sold our soul, mr. speaker, to grover norquist on asking people to help bring this debt and deficit down, mr. speaker, we will not succeed. but if
mike mullens, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, mr. speaker, when asked what was the biggest security problem confronting america, didn't respond iraq, iran, didn't respond terrorists, didn't respond other enemies around the world. he said the biggest security concern that he had, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, was the fiscal challenge that was not being addressed in america. . mr. speaker, we need to address it, i hope my friend the majority leader, and he and i worked...
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i wanted to remind you what mike mullen said about six months before he left as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. he said the greatest threat to our country is no outside force. it is not china. it is not russia. it is our debt. at face value, that does not seem like much. here is the leader of the strongest military force the world has ever known telling america that the number one threat to its existence is its debt. that is profound for a military leader to say that. the president did not say that. the head of the joint chiefs of staff said that. to me that makes it all the more powerful coming from the source of our defense posture. history has shown time and again that that can bring down republics. as a matter of fact, all republics by. name one that has not. -- all republics die. the question is, can america achieved history? can we cheat history and not fall? let me give you some reminders of what john adams warned. he said democracy never last long. it soon wastes, exhaust, and murders itself. there has never been a democracy that has not committed suicide. we are on the
i wanted to remind you what mike mullen said about six months before he left as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. he said the greatest threat to our country is no outside force. it is not china. it is not russia. it is our debt. at face value, that does not seem like much. here is the leader of the strongest military force the world has ever known telling america that the number one threat to its existence is its debt. that is profound for a military leader to say that. the president did...
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and this is the country that stopped the military interview with mike mullen, the former chief of staff, during the days, and he said to me, i was in constant contact with any counter part in egypt, don't choose violence. he said, in case of the -- doing the sairm thing. you talk about the military undermining the election. go back to the barracks and we want the process to take place. in many ways one can argue the man owes in part the position to the american position, and yet he was showing this kind of reaction. i think the united states should be clear on the issue. i don't -- i defnlt don't want to withdraw from the middle east. we should focus on the long run, on the people that we should invest in, people in, you know, in egyptian society that deserve our support. while being very clear on the issue. embassies cannot be tomorrowed. -- stormed. the hate to see an american official every time in egypt in the united states using his camera or tell me wants to burn a copy of the koran. it becomes a international issue. the secretary of united to give you a lecture about islam or rel
and this is the country that stopped the military interview with mike mullen, the former chief of staff, during the days, and he said to me, i was in constant contact with any counter part in egypt, don't choose violence. he said, in case of the -- doing the sairm thing. you talk about the military undermining the election. go back to the barracks and we want the process to take place. in many ways one can argue the man owes in part the position to the american position, and yet he was showing...
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mullen. the secretary gates will join us by satellite from washington state could the second panel next monday will look at bipartisan solutions. we will be joined by former senator alan simpson and by erskine bowles. the third forum will be on thursday september 27 in new york city. we will focus on pro-growth and tax reform. we will have a couple panels next week. the fourth and final forum, we will return to washington monday afternoon october 4. it will be on entitlement care and cost control. this will be the most important and most difficult challenge. but it has to be faced. that is what we have scheduled. very briefly, what we hope to accomplish? simply put, we want many more people in gauge in understanding the nation's fiscal crisis inside and outside of washington. we want the average american, especially young people, to better understand what is at stake for them if we don't get this right. these are not table stakes. this, what we do or don't do, will affect this country for a l
mullen. the secretary gates will join us by satellite from washington state could the second panel next monday will look at bipartisan solutions. we will be joined by former senator alan simpson and by erskine bowles. the third forum will be on thursday september 27 in new york city. we will focus on pro-growth and tax reform. we will have a couple panels next week. the fourth and final forum, we will return to washington monday afternoon october 4. it will be on entitlement care and cost...
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i wanted to remind you what mike mullen said about six months before he left as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. he said the greatest threat to our country is no outside force. it is not china. it is not russia. it is our debt. at face value, that does not seem like much. here is the leader of the strongest military force the world has ever known telling america that the number one threat to its existence is its debt. that is profound for a military leader to say that. the president did not say that. the head of the joint chiefs of staff said that. to me that makes it all the more powerful coming from the source of our defense posture. history has shown time and again that that can bring down republics. as a matter of fact, all republics by. name one that has not. -- all republics die. the question is, can america achieved history? can we cheat history and not fall? let me give you some reminders of what john adams warned. he said democracy never last long. it soon wastes, exhaust, and murders itself. there has never been a democracy that has not committed suicide. we are on the
i wanted to remind you what mike mullen said about six months before he left as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. he said the greatest threat to our country is no outside force. it is not china. it is not russia. it is our debt. at face value, that does not seem like much. here is the leader of the strongest military force the world has ever known telling america that the number one threat to its existence is its debt. that is profound for a military leader to say that. the president did...
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the question was asked to admiral mike mullen, what is the greatest threat america faces. he didn't hesitate, didn't waiver. i'm thinking i'm going to hear about the problems we have, iraq, afghanistan and on and on. he said the debt of this nation is the greatest threat we face as america. he wasn't worried about another military might. he wasn't worried about another terrorist attack. he was worried about us coming apart from within. that was perhaps the most sobering moment since coming to the senate. when you have the highest ranking officer in the world's most powerful military the world has recorded, i think you can take notice. i did. that should give us a sense of urgency and join in doing something about our out of whack spending. if anybody is betting we can fix our spending in the lake dumb congress, i'll remind them somebody was betting on super committee last year. that didn't work out too well. we're about to leave town with a lot of unfinished work and we're not too sure about our finances. it's not just about finances. the 112th congress -- the 112th congre
the question was asked to admiral mike mullen, what is the greatest threat america faces. he didn't hesitate, didn't waiver. i'm thinking i'm going to hear about the problems we have, iraq, afghanistan and on and on. he said the debt of this nation is the greatest threat we face as america. he wasn't worried about another military might. he wasn't worried about another terrorist attack. he was worried about us coming apart from within. that was perhaps the most sobering moment since coming to...
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mike mullens, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, mr. speaker, when asked what was the biggest security problem confronting america, didn't respond iraq, iran, didn't respond terrorists, didn't respond other enemies around the world. he said the biggest security concern that he had, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, was the fiscal challenge that was not being addressed in america. . mr. speaker, we need to address it, i hope my friend the majority leader, and he and i worked together on a number of things, we worked on a number of things this session we passed in a bipartisan fashion, i would hope that he and i would both commit ourselves to during the lame duck session do our responsibility to america and to our constituents in reaching a bowles-simpson-domenici, gang of six, almost every economist that has spoken to this issue has said you need a balanced plan. and if we simply have sold our soul, mr. speaker, to grover norquist on asking people to help bring this debt and deficit down, mr. speaker, we will not succeed. but if
mike mullens, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, mr. speaker, when asked what was the biggest security problem confronting america, didn't respond iraq, iran, didn't respond terrorists, didn't respond other enemies around the world. he said the biggest security concern that he had, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, was the fiscal challenge that was not being addressed in america. . mr. speaker, we need to address it, i hope my friend the majority leader, and he and i worked...
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i wanted to remind you what admiral mike mullen said about six months before he left chairman of joint chiefs of staff. he said the greatest threat to our country is no outside force, it's not china, it's not russia. it is our debt. at face value, that doesn't seem like much. here's theÑi leader of the strongest military force the world has ever known. telling america that the number one threat to its existence is its debt. that is profound for a military leader to say that. the president didn't say that. the head of the joint chiefs of staff said that. which to me, makes it all the more powerful coming from the source of our defense posture. history shown time and again that debt can bring down republics. as a matter of fact, all republics die. if you look at history. name one that hasn't. so the question is can america cheat history? can we cheat history and not fall? let me give you some reminders of what john adams warned. he said democracy never last long. it's waste, exhaust and murders itself. there was never a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. we're on the cusp of bei
i wanted to remind you what admiral mike mullen said about six months before he left chairman of joint chiefs of staff. he said the greatest threat to our country is no outside force, it's not china, it's not russia. it is our debt. at face value, that doesn't seem like much. here's theÑi leader of the strongest military force the world has ever known. telling america that the number one threat to its existence is its debt. that is profound for a military leader to say that. the president...